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Pass this along Pedes: In 2020 the Justice Department deemed Firing Squads are a valid alternative to lethal injection (www.federalregister.gov)
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– Beegie [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

The juicy bit:

In recent U.S. Supreme Court litigation involving Eighth Amendment challenges to execution by lethal injection, nitrogen hypoxia and firing squad have been identified as potential alternative methods of execution, including by prisoners themselves, that might—or even must—be used instead of lethal injection, in particular because those methods allegedly carry a lesser risk of pain.

EDIT: Note, what is linked is the proposed rule change. Trump is currently trying to fast track this into policy before Jan. I wonder why?

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